Rel Final Unit 1- To know

Aquinas’s Five Ways: what are they?

A. if world is always in motion then there us be a first push/pusher Thats god

B. nothing can cause itself to exist, there needs to be a causer

C. Since there are are things that don't need to exist, and there is a time when we didn't exist, if there used to be a time of nothing at one point, then how did we get to this point(GOD)

D. If there is a beauty, then there is a standard of beauty to compare it with, since there's a scale then God is at the top of that scale/beauty

E. There are things without intelligence but have a purpose, there must be a high intelligence /rationality to new things work

What is the Argument from Desire?:

• A. If I have a desire of hunger/thirst  then it implies the existence of something which can satisfy it. 

• B. I have the desire for something that nothing in this world can satisfy it, then it means that something outside of this world can satisfy it; de If there’s something outside of this world, that means that there is a God

What does Scripture have to do with our desires? 

• A. Scripture is the story of God’s response to this desire within us

• B. It is also the story of why we have this unfulfilled desire at all, and how we are to respond to the God who longs to fill it

What are different answers to the question “What is a human?”

• Someone made in the image and  likeness of God

• Has a spirit, soul, and a body

• We possessed a dignity and have a purpose

• We have a unique identity/God sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom

What is figurative language?:

• Figurative language can convey true ideas in a non-literal way

Why is genre important?:

• Genre has a huge impact on how we understand a text

Genesis 1: What do we learn about God

• Creator

•  Sovereign & Powerful: He is in control, ordering chaos into a structured, functional world

• Purposeful & Wise: Creation isn't accidental; it reflects God's deliberate plans and design

Genesis 1:What do we learn about ourselves

Humanity's Creation and Purpose: We were made in imado degen. We are good, we were given gifts like original holiness, justice, nakedness, solitude, unity, Mandate to rule and take care of the animal God made

Genesis 1:What do we learn about Creation

 it is good

What does God do in Gen. 1?:

• Three main things:creates, orders, also names things 

• Repeats 3 things: and god said, and evening and morning, and it was good

Imago Dei: 

• We are walking theophanies, have an intellect and We participate in God’s work in Creation: Creating, ordering, and naming (relationship)

What are the original states of humanity?

original solitude

• since humans are all separate from other living organisms/ animals we are called to be with another and not in solitude

original Holiness

• we were in communion with God we were made for a relationship with God and made in his image

original justice

• We were made in harmony with the world around us. There was no pain nor suffering and we had grace within us. No evil

original nakedness

• There was no shame, no lying. no needing cover and cower from god and others

original unity

• there’s a unity harmony with man and woman called to be in relationship with each other

What is the Sabbath day? How does it connect to Heaven?

The 7th day, the day of rest, on which Gen. 1 says God rests and on which God calls us to worship and rest: Heaven = eternal Sabbath: eternal worship and communion.

What does the Sabbath have to do with our purpose and the purpose of Creation?

teaching we are creatures meant for worship and rest in Him, not just work

What does sin do to our desires?

Sin is an attempt to use lesser things to fill our deepest desires

 What is the reduction of desire (Free Midtown Parking)?

I should know/The human heart longs for unlimited truth, beauty, love, and eternity

What are the effects of sin?

• Pulls away from God and others(damaged relationship),

• fills you with emotions of greed pride and jealousy ( leading to feelings of guilt, shame, and alienation; emotional turmoil like fear and anxiety),

• is a cycle, spiritual separation from God, 

• physical suffering and mortality

Noah and the Flood: What happens in this story?

I should know

Noah and the Flood: What do we learn about sin? What do we learn about how God responds to sin?

• It shows that sin deeply hurts God and deserves serious punishment, but God is also merciful, saving some people and promising never to flood the whole world again, shown by the rainbow.